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This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 219 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2004, chapter 200<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60668,"section_number":"59.1-479","catch_line":"Title","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-479\/"}],"permalink":{"id":283441,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78454,"identifier":"8.7-103","token":"8.7\/1\/8.7-103","url":"\/8.7-103\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.7-103\/","token":"8.7\/1\/8.7-103","dublin_core":{"Title":"Relation of title to treaty or statute","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.7-103","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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2.<\/span> This article does not modify or repeal any law<\/span> prescribing the form or content of a document of title or the services or facilities to be afforded by a bailee, or otherwise regulating a bailee’s business in respects not specifically treated in this article. However, violation of such a law<\/span> does not affect the status of a document that otherwise is within the definition of a document. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> This Title modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. § 7001, et seq.) but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103 (b) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7003 (b)). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> To the extent there is a conflict between the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (§ 59.1-479<\/a> et seq.) and this article this article governs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRELATION OF TITLE TO TREATY OR STATUTE (\u00a7 8.7-103)\n\n1. To the extent that any treaty or statute of the United States or regulatory\nstatute of this State is applicable, the provisions of this title are subject\nthereto.\n\n2. This article does not modify or repeal any law prescribing the form or\ncontent of a document of title or the services or facilities to be afforded by a\nbailee, or otherwise regulating a bailee’s business in respects not\nspecifically treated in this article. However, violation of such a law does not\naffect the status of a document that otherwise is within the definition of a\ndocument.\n\n3. This Title modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures\nin Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. § 7001, et seq.) but does\nnot modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. §\n7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in\nSection 103 (b) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7003 (b)).\n\n4. To the extent there is a conflict between the Uniform Electronic Transactions\nAct (§ 59.1-479 et seq.) and this article this article governs.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219; 2004, c. 200.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}